Alison Posey

1421 NW 40th Terrace * Gainesville, FL 32605 * (w)(850) 832-9838 * (p)(352) 538-0166 * alisonmposey@live.com www.alisonmposey.com Objective: To use my work ethic, sports knowledge, and journalism skills to further my career in sports journalism. Education: Bachelors in Telecommunications- Completed May 2010 Minor in Sport Management University of Florida- College of Journalism and Communications GPA: 3.557 Associate in Arts- Completed Spring 2007 St. Johns River Community College Graduated Magna Cum Laude GPA: 3.75

Related Work Sports Reporter/Weekend Anchor, WMBB-TV (October 2010-Present) Experience: Panama City, Florida -Anchored four weekend shows; shooting, editing, and writing content to fill a four minute sportscast -Helped produce three nightly sportscasts during the week -Created franchise Scholar Athlete of the Week which ran during school year and highlighted a high school senior who excelled on and off the field -Shot, wrote, and edited highlights for DMAs #1 high school football show, Friday Night Fever. Also co-produced and co-anchored the 15-minute show. -Interviewed athletes and shot, wrote, and edited highlights for high school and collegiate athletics -Produced pieces to appeal to the everyday viewer, and localized sports to viewing area -Worked in field as a one man band. Ran live shots from backpack that connected via cell phone towers as a one man band. -Participated on stations social media team. Generated ideas to use on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to better connect with viewers. Associate Producer, WCJB TV20 Sports (Summer 2008-October 2010) Gainesville, Florida -Shot high school football and basketball games, as well as high school volleyball and soccer matches -Interviewed high school athletes and coaches for weekly Scholar Athlete of the Week segment -Shot University of Florida home football games (including 2008 & 2009 SEC Championships, 2008 BCS National Championship game in Miami, Florida, and 2009 BCS Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Louisiana), UF basketball games, UF baseball and softball games -Interviewed University of Florida athletes and coaches after games and during weekly press conferences -Wrote highlights and edited video for on-air broadcast Play-By-Play Announcer, ESPNU (September 2009-May 2010) Gainesville, Florida -Gathered statistics for May 1st broadcast of the Florida-LSU baseball game -Worked closely with ESPNU to prepare for broadcast -Researched individual players and coaches for story ideas -Provided play-by-play and analyst coverage for May 1st game Sports Reporter, AM-850 Sports (Fall 2008-May 2010) Gainesville, Florida -Wrote five four-minute sports casts for Morning Line, a program that runs for three hours -Cut twenty second sound bites from previous interviews to be used in later casts throughout the day -Covered University of Florida softball games, conduct post-game interviews and cut sound bites for casts

Sports Reporter, WUFT News Television Station (Fall 2007-May 010) Gainesville, Florida -Wrote, edited, and performed as talent a three minute sports cast for daily 5:30 show -Traveled to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to cover 2009 Women's College World Series for softball. Shot stand-ups, conducted interviews, edited highlights, and sent packages back via internet for broadcast -Conducted live shots in-studio as well as in front of the football stadium before home football games -Turned packages in one day to be features on live daily 5:30 broadcast -Conducted interviews, shot b-roll and edited packages in a one-man band situation -Operated in-studio cameras, directed anchors as floor manager, worked teleprompter Intern, CNN Sports (Summer 2009) Atlanta, Georgia -Logged and edited games using Velocity games that were later edited to be sent to over 900+ affiliates -Wrote scripts and edited video for Morning Express with Robin Meade on Headline News and for World Sport, a 30-minute daily sport show on CNN International -Worked with Fox Sports South producing Braves games and produced videos featured on NBA.com -Logged video from interviews and games Other Awards And Activities: 1st Place and 2nd Place- AP College Awards Best Radio Sports Reporting 2nd Place- Region 3 SPJ Mark of Excellence Award Best Radio Sports Reporting Vice-President of 2010 National Champion University of Florida Club Softball Team Writings have appeared in The Alligator and Kairos Literary Magazine National Broadcasting Society, Society of Professional Journalists (member) Deans List (4 semesters in Community College) Varsity Softball Team in Community College (2 years) NJCAA Mid-Florida Conference Scholar Athlete Award- Freshman & Sophomore Years NJCAA Academic All-American- Sophomore Year Final Cut Pro, Velocity, ENPS, I-News, Fast Edit, Adobe Audition, PageMaker, Microsoft Office (including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), experience shooting P2 HD and DVC Pro cameras

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